One Day She'll Darken Quotes

“She was poor and generous, an unfortunate combination.”
― Fauna Hodel, One Day She'll Darken

“The only reason we see different color is because of a self-inflicted disease we call racism.”
― Fauna Hodel, One Day She'll Darken

“I named you Fauna because I loved Robinson Jeffers’ poem about Flora and Fauna. I asked that they keep that name. I wanted only two things, I didn’t think they’d let me have what I wanted, but one was that you be named Fauna, and the other was that you at least have on your birth certificate that your father was Negro. Because in my little world I believed that black people were made of far superior stuff than the whites I knew. All the great men that I knew, all the great girls that I knew were black: Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Josh White,”
― Fauna Hodel, One Day She'll Darken

“Here. Here, listen to this. “‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he had not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God’”. Chris laid down his book and sat opposite Jimmie on the bed. He began to speak with a sincerity and softness as a father would speak to his daughter. “Listen, God did not send his only Son to a hell on earth to save just a single race of people, but to save all the people of the world. After all, Jesus was color-blind.” Jimmie’s eyes rolled in disbelief. “He never knew who was white or black or yellow. We’re all God’s children and we must all live together on this planet. We’re not categorized by the color of our skin. And just as Jesus was color-blind, so, too, is love. Our love for each other, for our brothers and sisters, and now for this baby is also color-blind. The only reason we see different color is because of a self-inflicted disease we call racism.”
― Fauna Hodel, One Day She'll Darken